LOS ANGELES – In letters to all the presidential candidates sent Dec. 12, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony urged them to “show leadership on the issue of immigration” and to work to find a “humane and comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”Read More

WASHINGTON - The Catholic woman whose efforts to free her wrongly imprisoned brother became the inspiration for the new motion picture “Conviction” still advocates for the cause of prisoners whenever she gets a chance.Read More

Being present pastorally for his parishioners is one of the top priorities for the newly appointed pastor of St. Andrew by the Bay in Annapolis. “Being able to minister to people and interact with them is what I love most about the priesthood,” said Father Martin Burnham, a 41-year-old Baltimore native whose appointment by Archbishop...Read More

WASHINGTON – Even as the death rate slowed in central Haiti a week after the first cases of cholera were reported, a multinational medical response boosted efforts to limit the spread of the disease in the poverty-stricken country.Read More

PICKEREL, Wis. – Charlie Neitzel’s passion for working on automobiles helped land him a job this year at Northern Fiber Works in Crandon, where he built fiberglass race truck parts. “I like building stuff with my hands,” said Neitzel, 21.Read More

WASHINGTON – A “Walk of Tears” to remember and honor the victims of clergy sexual abuse in Alaska has spawned two other events to remember victims.Read More

A heart attack happens fast – and often.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named 24 new cardinals, including two from the United States: Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, head of the Vatican’s highest tribunal, and Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.Read More